Thursday, July 5, 2012

homemade pineapple vinegar......at kitchen! kitchen!

This homemade pineapple vinegar's origin is in Puerto Rico. I can't seem to find theexact recipe for it. However, I remembererd that it has some fresh pineapple parts,garlic, peppercorns, chili pepper, and bay leaf.

As I was slicing off the skin of the fresh pineapple, there is quite a bit of waste once you start cutting around the area of the fruit's eyes. I am just thinking to myself, this is such a waste and not to be able to do anything with it. I know that a watermelon rind is pickled and jarred. So, remembering a recipe of a homemade vinegar I saw on one of my magazines, part of the ingredients were the pineapple peels to make this vinegar. Well, I wasn't too crazy and sure about including the peels. However, I saved the large pieces of the parts that were removed when I was slicing up those nasty "pineapple eyes" minus the skin part. So, what you need are.....

3 cups of distilled vinegarExcess parts of a pineapple meat and juice if any1 head of garlic sliced1 chili hot pepper (optional)1 tablespoons of peppercorn2-3 bay leavesBoil in a deep pan and simmer for about 15-20 minutes Let cool and store in a jar*Add salt only on every serving*It's great for just about anything!